Tilt stand



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RTTORNEHS Patented Apr. 10, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TILT STAND William. Harvey Drake, Rome, "Ga.

Application January 4, 1949, Serial No. 69,207

6 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to improvements in tilt stands and has for an object the provision of a stand of. this type for containers of liquid, such as paint buckets, oil drums and the like.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved structure which is adjustable so that, the tilt stand willaccommodate cans, buckets and drums of various heights.

A further object of the presentinvention resides in. the provision of means for adjusting the tilt stand to compensatefor variations in. the diameters of the containers.v 4

A still further object of the present invention is to provide an improved structure inwhich are incorporated four separate means for retaining the container in the tilt stand.

The present invention contemplates the provision of an improved device of thiskind which hasan automatic locking means for holding the stand and the container in upright or-non-tilting position.

The present invention aims to provide, an improved tilt stand which can be quickly and easily assembled and dissembled and shipped in knocked down condition.

With the foregoing and other objects, in view, the. invention will be hereinafter more fully described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. I

In the drawings, in which the same parts-are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the several views,

Figure l is a perspective view of an improved tilt stand constructed in accordance with the present invention and showing a paint can thereon in upright position,

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but. showing the paint can in tilted or pouring. position,

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 with the paint can removed,

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of one side of the improved tilt stand,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modified form of locking dog for locking the stand and the container in upright position,

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 1,

V Figure 8 is a perspective view-of'the; paint can cover and the paint stirrer,

Figure 9 is an enlargedfragmentary'perspem tive view of thepaint can cover showingthe sup port for one of the fastening members,

Figure. 10 is afragmentary perspective view of a modified form of swinging bracket,

Figure 11- is a perspective viewof the upper portionof the modifiedbracket shown in Figure 10, and

Figure 12 is av vertical sectional view taken on the line l2-.l2 of Figure 10.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and especially to Figuresl to 9, inclusive, l0 and II indicate supporting members which are. of substantially inverted u-shape and have feet l2 for providing, a firm purchase on a floor, bench, or the like. The supporting, member ID has mounted thereon an upstanding arm 13 which may be cast integral with the supporting member H). The lower face of the arm l3 abuts. the upper surfaceof the, member lll-andthe arm [3 has a. vertically extending reinforcing rib M which branches out into two branches l5'and l6 for engaging the outer side face of the member Ill.

The arm. 13: has in its lower end portion an enlarged medially disposed round opening I! with which communicate laterally extending slots l8 and H! for the passage therethrough of a head 2.0 and a round neck 2| of. a T-shaped portion of an adjustable. connecting bar 22. Adjacent the neck 2|, abrace 23. extends upwardly from the bar. 22 at. an angle of the order of forty-five degrees and has the face of its outer free end beveled for engagement with the inner face of the arm l3. A'brace 24 depends from the bar 22 adjacent the, neck 2 IV and abuts the inner face of the member").

The arm [3. has an abutment 25 which the brace 23 engages and the, supporting member II} has anrabutm'ent '26 which the brace.2-4-engages. The abutments 2 5jand'26 are disposed on op-v posite sides of the bar 22 and have the. faces which engage the braces 23 and 24 beveled in opposite directions so that they will act as stops to prevent the rotation of the bar 22 with respect to the supporting member ID and thearm 13. The outer face of the army I3. immediately above they slot I3 is beveled in the same direction as the abutment 25 and. the outer faceof the arm l3 immediately below the slot l9 isbeveled in the same direction as the abutment '26so that if the bar 22. tends to. turn in that direction the head 20 will not be able to ride. up the. beveled surfaces and the bar will. be held against Io.- tation in that direction. The endportion of the. bar 22 opposite to the head 20 is laterally ofiset with respect ,0 the-major portion of the, bar to provide a-substantially fiatmectangulamy shaped portion 21 having a centrally disposed elongated slot 28.

The outer free end corners of the portion 21 have inwardly extending lugs 29 and 30. An adjustable connecting bar 3| similar in construction to the connecting bar 22 has a laterally offset portion 32 having at the corners of its free end lugs 33. The portion 32 of the bar 3| has an elongated slot which is in registry with the slot 28 of the bar 22 when the bars are in assembled relation. A machine screw 33 extends through the aligned slots in the bars 22 and 3| and receives a nut 33 for holding the bars in assembled relation. The opposite end of the bar 3| has a T-shaped portion comprising a head 34 and a neck 35 similar in construction to the head 20 and neck 2| of the bar 22.

An arm 36 similar in construction to the arm I3 is mounted in a similar manner upon the supporting member The lower end portion of the arm 36 has a centrally disposed round opening 31 with which communicate laterally extending slots 38 and 39 which receive the head 34 and the neck 35 of the bar 3|. An upwardly extendin brace 40 similar to the brace 23 is provided on the bar 3| and engages the inner face of the arm 36. The bar 3| has a depending brace 4| similar to the brace 24 which engages the inner face of the supporting member ll.

Abutments 42 and 43 similar to the abutments 25 and 26, respectively, are mounted upon the arm 36 and the supporting member, respectively, for engagement by the opposite side faces of the braces 46 and 4|. The outer face of the arm 36 immediately above and below the slots 38 and 39 is beveled in the same directions as the abutments 42 and 43 to cooperate with the head 34 to prevent rotation of the bar 3| in that direction.

The upper ends of the arms l3 and 36 are in the form of enlarged circular disks 44, each of which has a centrally disposed hole 45 and a radially offset slot 46. A swinging bracket 41 has an intermediate enlarged disk portion 48 which corresponds in size and shape to the disk portion 44 of the arm l3. The disk 48 has a centrally disposed opening 49 which registers with the opening 45 inthe disk portion 44 of the arm l3 "A screw 50 is received by the aligned openings 44 and 46 of the arm l3 and the bracket 41 for pivotally supporting the bracket 41 from the arm l3.

The disk 48 has a radially offset slot which at times is in alignment with the slot 46 of the disk 44. A pivot member is supported by the screw 50 and comprises a pivot pin 52 and a substantially rectangularly shaped portion 53 having an opening 54 therein for the reception of the screw 50. A nut 55 is received by the screw 58 and holds the bracket 41 to the arm l3 in assembled relation and also retains the pivot member in proper position upon the screw 56. A self locking safety latch has an opening 56 for the reception of the pivot pin 52.

The lower end of the latch is turned inwardly to provide a dog 51 for entering the slots 46 and 5| when they are in registry. The upper end of the safety latch has an outwardly extending weighted head 58 which is disposed on the side of the vertical axis of the latch opposite to that on which thedog 51 is disposed so that the latch will be normally moved to urge the dog 51 into the aligned slots 46 and 5|. The latch has a stop 59 for engaging the outer face of the arm l3 to limit the movement of the latch when being swung to its unlocked position. A boss 59 having a semi-circular recess therein is mounted on the outer face of the arm l3 adjacent the slot 46. The recess receives the outer free end portion of the pivot pin 52 and the boss 59 engages the safety latch for retaining it upon the pivot pin 52.

The bracket 41 supports from its lower end an arcuate shoulder 60 which has at its opposite ends upstanding ears 5|, the outer faces of which are arcuate shaped. The upper end portion of the bracket 41 is substantially U-shaped having legs 62 and 63 forming a slot 64 therebetween. The base of the legs 62 and 63 are relatively thick and have notches 65 and 66, respectively, therein. The legs taper upwardly from their thickened base portions. The leg 62 has a socket 61 on the intermediate portion of its inner face and the bottom of the socket has a screw threaded depression '68 for the reception of a screw 69 which pivotally supports a thumb latch 16 on the leg 62. The side walls of the socket 61 are cutaway to permit the pivotal movement of the thumb latch 18 which has a thumb or finger engaging portion 1|.

A swinging bracket 12 which is similar in construction to the bracket 41 is mounted for swinging movement on the arm 36 by a'screw 13. The arm 36 and the bracket 12 have aligned slots 14 which are similar in construction and purpose to the slots 46 and 5! of the arm I3 and the bracket 41, respectively. The bracket 12 supports from its lower end an arcuate shoulder 15 which has at its opposite ends upstanding ears 16, the outer faces of which are arcuate shaped. The upper end portion of the bracket 12 is substantially U-shaped having legs 11 and 18 forming a slot 19 therebetween.

The bases of the legs 11 and 18 are relatively thick and have notches and 8|, respectively, therein. The legs taper upwardly from their thickened base portions. The leg 11 has a socket 82 on the intermediate portion of its inner face. A thumb latch 83 is pivotally mounted in the socket 82 by a screw 84 and has a thumb or finger engaging portion 85.

In the use of the device as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the head 20 of the bar 22 is passed through the opening I! and the slots 18 and |9 so that the round neck 2| is disposed within the opening H. The bar 22 is then rotated through ninety degrees So that the head 20 will engage the outer face of the arm l3 to prevent withdrawal of the bar 22. The other bar 3| can be mounted upon the supporting member H in a similar manner. The portions 21 and 32 of the bars 22 and 3| are then interlocked and screwed together by the screw 33 and the nut 33*; the slots in the bars permitting of relative lengthwise adjustment of the bars and the arms I3 and 36 to compensate for any variation in the diameters of the containers. The lugs 29 and 38 of the bar 22 will engage the bar 3| and the lugs 33 of the bar 3| will engage the bar 22 to prevent relative rocking movement of the bars.

A paint can 86 is supported by the swinging brackets 41 and 12. The can 86 has a depending flange 81 which rests upon the upper faces of the shoulders 68 and 15 and the ears 6| and 16 engage the inner face of the flange 81 of the can 86. This will prevent lateral movement of the can on the swinging brackets. The can 86 has bosses 88 at opposite sides thereof which are received by the slots 64 and 19 of the brackets 41 and 12 and seat upon the closed part of the upper U-shaped end portions of thebrackets. The thumb latches I and 83 can be pressed into engagement with the bosses 88 to help to'retain the can in proper position upon the brackets when the device is swung to the tilting position shown in Figure 2. I

The retention of the can in proper position is also assisted by the reception'of the ball 80 of the can by the notches 66 and- 80 of the legs 63 and Ti, respectively. Thecan 80 has a lid or cover 90 having diametrically opposed U- shaped handles 9| each of which supports an apertured plate 92. An L-s'hapedfastening'member 93 extends through the aperture in each plate 02-.

The lower inwardly extendin leg of the fastening element "93 engages beneath the flange 94 of the can 80 and the upper portion of the fastening element is threaded and receives a wing nut for locking the cover 90 to the can 86.

The upper end portions of the'legs 02, 63, TI and I0 are received by spaces 96 which are formed by the plates 92 and the adjacent legs of the U-shaped handles 9!. When the can 86 is in the upright position shown in Figure 1, the dog 5! of the safety latch extends through the aligned slots 46 and EI to positively lock the bracket 0? with the arm I3 to prevent accidental tilting of the can 00. When it is desired to pour paint from the can 86 the safety latch is swung inwardly on its pivot pin 52 to disengage the dog 5'! from the slot 5I of the swinging bracket 41.

The brackets 01 and I2 can now be swung to the position shown in Figure 2. The paint in the can 06 can be properly stirred by means of a stirrer 97 which is carried by the cover 00 and has an operating crank 98. The paint can be dispensed from the can 86 through a pouring spout 99 which is normally closed by a closure I00 which is pivotally mounted on the pouring spout 90. When the desired amount of paint has been poured, the brackets 41 and "I2 can be swung downwardly to their upright position shown in Figure 1 at which time the slots 46 and 5| are in alignment and the dog 51 of the safety latch will be moved into the aligned slots by the weighted head 50.

Figure 6 shows a modified form of the means for supporting the safety latch. In this form of the invention the safety latch is pivotally mounted on the bracket ml which is in the form of an angle iron. One flange of which is secured to the screw 50 by means of the nut 55 and the other flange pivotally supports the safety latch by a machine screw I02.

In Figures 10, 11 and 12 is shown a modified form of a swinging bracket. In this modification the bracket is formed of a lower part I03 and an upper part I04. The lower part I03 is similar to the bracket 41 except that the legs 62 and 63 are eliminated and the following structure is substituted therefor. The lower part I03 has an arcuate guide I05 adjacent its upper end portion for engaging the outer periphery of the can 86. At its upper end portion the lower part I03 has a hook I06 which is adapted to be selectively received by one of a series of vertically disposed slots I01 provided in the upper part I04. The lower end portion of the upper part I04 has a stirrup I08 for slidably receiving the upper end portion of the lower part I03. The stirrup I08 cooperates with the hook I06 for looking the hook in the selected slot I0'I. She lower end portion of the upper part I04 is cutaway at I09 to permit the hook I06 to pass therethrough 'wardly to provide an overhanging flange III] which threadediy receives a screw 'I I I.

in the use-of this form of the invention, the "bottom of the container is supported by the shoulders 6 0a'nd I5 and the flange I I0 is brought into engagement with the upper "face'of the cover of the container by placing the hook I06 in the proper slot I131. The screw III is then screwed inwardly to firmly engage the upper face of the container to positively lock it in the device. For purposes of pouring the liquid contents from the coritainer the opera-tion described in connection with the other form of the invention can be renewed.

Containers of different heights can be positioned in the tilt stand by adjusting the height of the brackets I03 and I04 by selectively engaging the hook I06 in slots I01.

The tilt stand can be constructed in accordance with the present invention to accommodate containers of various sizes, including drums having a capacity of 30 gallons or more.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is: 1

1. For use with a paint can or the like having a bail and ball bosses on the side wall, a tilt a bail and bail bosses projecting from the side wall, a tilt stand comprising a frame, a support pivoted in the frame adapted to receive the can and having upstanding lugs positioned to fit within the can flange, said support also having forked upper portions with slots between the forks to slidingly receive the bosses with the bail swinging downwardly outside the forked portions, and latch means movably mounted on the support positioned to move across the slots above the bosses to retain the can on the support and to prevent the flange raising above the lugs.

3. For use with a paint can or the like, a tilt stand comprising a frame, a support pivoted to said frame and adapted to receive the can, a cover for the can having a spout and slotted extensions angularly displaced from the spout and positioned to receive the upper parts of said support to orient the spout angularly from the support for pouring when the support is tilted.

4. For use with a paint can or the like having bosses on the side wall, a tilt stand comprising a frame, a support pivoted on said frame adapted to receive the can and having forked upper portion adapted to receive the bosses of the can, and latches movably mounted on the support positioned to be moved across the forked portions above the can bosses.

5. For use with a paint can or the like having a bail and bail bosses on the side walls, a tilt stand comprising a frame, a support pivoted on the frame adapted to receive the can and having forked upper portions open at their upper ends to receive the bosses with the bail movable to the ;7 outside surfaces of the forked portions, said forked portions having notches in the lower portions thereof, said forked portions also having inclined outer surfaces tapering at their upper portions to initially receive the bail in the turned down condition, said inclined outer surfaces inclining outwardly and downwardly to cause spreading of the bail as the same is swung downwardly over such inclined surfaces whereby the bail will snap into said notches.

6. For use with a paint can or the like, a tilt stand comprising a frame, a support pivoted in the frame adapted to receive the can, said support and frame having latch openings therein relatively placed to register in the upright posi- 15 tion of the support, a latch between the frame and support for holding the support in upright position, and means biasing the latch to a position to enter the openings when registered.

WILLIAM HARVEY DRAKE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Cole Aug. 31, 1926 

